Cloth napkins

[alison]

Paper towels are so expensive, especially when you go through something like 2 rolls a week. With a baby who's got reflux, a 5 yo who uses them for who knows what, and me using them for general spills, it's kinda nuts.

And since we've got bibs, burpies, towels, kitchen towels going in the wash almost every day, why not add cloth napkins?

Any recs for nice, reasonably-priced ones that aren't icky slippery and non-absorbent?

[JaneDoe]

I will be watching this thread. I have been wanting to switch to cloth napkins too, but I haven't had much luck when looking for an online vendor of them.

[Pollyanna]

Just go to a restaurant supplier online. Tons of napkin options from super fancy to fun checkerboard. My only issue with cloth napkins is that I hate ones that need to be ironed, just don't have time to iron napkins (although it would be a good job for dd12...hmmm)

[spotty_dog]

I have an assortment: linen (which looks great ironed but is fine wrinkled and shoved in a napkin ring) and polyester blend mostly. I put the dirties in my rag bag and they get washed with a splash of bleach which seems to minimize staining.

[alison]

So which ones do you like most, Alison? I feel like if they're not absorbent enough we'll hate them, and won't use them pretty quickly.

[ides]

I have home made ones. I used cotten toweling, cut and hemmed. Sur la Table has some good Cotten and linen ones, etsy has some too. I stick with 100% Cotten.

[ides]

Mighty Nest has cute ones that are also sold on etsy.

[spotty_dog]

I love the handle of the linen, and it is more absorbent than the poly blends. But my family doesn't care much about absorbency I don't think, just that they can scrape the biggest chunks off onto something more acceptable than a shirt front.

[alison]

. I think I'll do 100% cotton, like linen. We are so picky when it comes to this kind of stuff, and there's a definite what gets used first hierarchy with cups, mugs, kitchen towels, ev.ver.y.thing.